{"id":105521,"date":"2020-09-27T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105521"},"modified":"2020-09-26T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T23:51:06","slug":"stolen-valor-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105521","title":{"rendered":"Stolen valor returned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thomas Faleskie, an 83 year old retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, had his home recently burgled. Among the items stolen were the medals he was awarded over a 25 year career, including two tours as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Local police made an arrest in the case, but were unable to return the medals. They did however replace them out of their own pockets.<\/p>\n

Detectives in Virginia surprised a veteran Marine who served in Vietnam, replacing service medals stolen from him in a burglary.<\/p>\n

The detectives are members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff\u2019s Office and made arrests in the incident, but were unable to recover the medals that belonged to retired Marine Corps Lt Col. Thomas Faleskie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m absolutely floored. I am still in a state of shock,\u201d Faleskie said at a ceremony Friday where he was presented with the medals, WTVR-TV reported. \u201cI never expected this. I still can\u2019t believe it\u2019s happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faleskie, who turns 84 in few days, served in the United States Marine Corps from 1958 to 1982, including almost two years in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot flying the UH-34B, the station reported.<\/p>\n

The lead detective on the burglary case was Frank Corona, a retired Marine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there was one thing that I wish I could have gotten back that would have been it,\u201d Corona said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Excellent work, Deputies. You make us proud.<\/p>\n

Among his awards are two <\/em>Distinguished Flying Crosses and two individual Air Medals. He also has 37(!)<\/strong><\/em> strike\/flight awards of the Air Medal. Since we’re in the stolen valor business around here, I did some checking on Colonel Faleskie. He’s legit. <\/a><\/p>\n

More at the source; Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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